Welcome to Soup Co., Astroworker! As an integral part of the Soup Co. family, your mission is to explore the remote planets in search of tasty ingredients to make the galaxies most delicious soups and then rocket them into the gullets of our hungry customers.

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Nom Nom Galaxy is a new kind of title for Q-Games and we felt that Early Access would give us a chance to get feedback from our community early into development. The process allows us to get feedback on what is and isn't working, and iterate quickly.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We're aiming for a full release at the beginning of 2015.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The full version of Nom Nom Galaxy will feature a complete story campaign with drop-in/drop-out co-op for up to four players. While the exact number of planets and soups to discover are still up in the air, we want to provide a number of worlds for players to explore.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Nom Nom Galaxy is currently pre-Alpha, meaning there are many features that are still being implemented and lots of optimization work to done.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Nom Nom Galaxy will be the same price.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Very much so! All of the feedback we receive via Steam forums and on social networks is taken to the team. We discuss the merits of the feedback with regards to the game as a whole, and if we think it will contribute, how best to integrate it into the game.”

December 17, 2014

It's been a little while since we've seen any updates for Nom Nom Galaxy, but we elves have been working hard behind the scenes. We've left a bounty of Nom Nom presents under our Cosmic Christmas Tree for everyone!

The first present under our tree is a new way for Astroworkers customize their bases. These nifty escalators will transport soup and ingredients up or down automatically and add some variety to base designs.

This is sure to make Astroworkers who construct huge bases happy. We've added a crystal generator that can supply additional power to your base. You'll have to find crystals hidden on the planets in order to create one first though.

If you've ever dreamed about zipping around the planet quickly, the new Warp Gates are right up your alley. For the cost of a little matter, you can teleport to and from your office to different Warp Gates that you set up around the map.

Added new research tiers to increase rocket speed. Speed can be increased 5 times, with a 10% increase each time. Key cost will increase by one with each upgrade.

Added Warp Gate to research. Costs 10 keys to unlock.The Office serves as the warp gate home. Multiple gates can be built and the Astroworker will travel round robin to each gate before returning back to the office. Warping costs matter that increases according to distance.

Added Crystal Generator to research. Crystal Generators supply additional power to base equal to the main office. Astroworkers must find a crystal on the planet in order to construct a generator. Crystals can be found on Iddil, Pomelyk, and Apoxus-67.

Added new in-game BGM some stages

Changes

Adjusted the timing of punches to make it easier to combo.

Added knockback to the shotgun when enemy gets hit

Added some knockback when you punch enemies

Astroworkers can now do a rapid fire punch at the expense of some of their oxygen.

Adjusted the action icons (Eat, Plant, Ladder, etc.)

Increased the damage on the Dash Punch from 10 to 15. You can't cancel out of this attack now.

Added radar function to soup factories. Radar on the factory will now direct you to the closest ingredient. In 2P mode, the factory will find ingredients close to the last player to put an ingredient into the factory.

Added a day timer at the bottom of the screen.

With the Maintenance Menu open, you can now us L1 R2 (1, 2 on keyboard) to switch between buildings in the area.

Changed the unlock key icon.

Added button prompts to proceed on the Earnings Report and Research menus.

Collectables (matter, floppy disks) can now be transported via treadmills.

Charlie and Charles can now pick up items from the storage.

Oxygen will no longer block water.

You can no longer build a second base and must use Crystal Generators for additional base power.

Fixed players being able to put items into buildings that no longer have power.

Robots will no longer take damage from players.

Seasonal changes will now be determined on a planet basis, not galaxy-wide.

Added hint when placing blueprints (Corridor connection hints).

Astroworkers can no longer punch while grabbing ledges

Bug Fixes

Fixed building defense bug fix which would cause buildings destroyed using the maintenance menu to only deal damage to the building instead of destroying it.

Fixed a bug where picking up an ingredient at the last second of decay would cause it to become invisible.

Fixed a bug while climbing ladders underwater.

Fixed a bug where the character would not be placed properly on the ladders.

Fixed a bug where carrying a robot that carries a heavy object (soup) would not slow the player.

Fixed shotgun pellet fire start location.

Fixed a bug where you can achieve very high speed by punching while floating (In girdiers).

Fixed problem where wielding a robot would prompt Eat and Plant commands.

Fixed a bug where the player could climb into walls while getting hit by monsters.

Fixed a bug which would cause the Astroworker to stop mid-attack if touched by enemies

November 4, 2014

Autumn is in full swing, and this update contains a number of things to help you bring in the soup and bring home the bacon in Nom Nom Galaxy. The changes this time run the gamut from small adjustments to BIG changes-and maybe even a glimpse of the future...

The Good Earth

First up is something that I know many have hoped for and pleaded with Robo-Shacho's suggestion box for over and over. Astroworkers can now pull blocks of dirt out of walls and out of the ground! When standing next to a dirt wall, press and hold the Interact button, then pull in the opposite direction to pop out a block. If you want to pull a block out of the ground, press down first, grab it with Interact, then pull up to pop it out. Blocks of dirt can be placed or thrown, and will stick to other terrain. Try out new ways to blaze a path!
You can also pull blocks with matter and floppies in them, which could make collecting resources even easier.

No Limit, Soldier!

Thanks to the Astroworker healthcare plan now covering visits to the optometrist, you can now place corridors, turrets, and other factory parts anywhere on screen, with no distance limit. Hopefully, this will make expanding your factories (and stacking those soup bucks) a much more simple and streamlined process. Of course, you still need to make sure the parts are connected and powered up!

Corporate Affairs

Speaking of stacking bucks, our last big change has to do with the financial future of the Nom Nom universe. We've added "Company Funds," which are earned by beating rivals. You'll be able to get an idea of how industrious your rivals are at a glance by checking the amount of funds their defeat is worth. As for what these company funds will mean for the industrious Astroworker...keep your eyes on the soup market (and these announcements)!

Of course, these are not all of the changes this update brings!

Other Updates/Fixes

Players no longer returned to office at the end of the day.
-Players will remain in the place they were at the start of a new day with full health and oxygen.

About This Game

Welcome to Soup Co., Astroworker! As an integral part of the Soup Co. family, your mission is to explore the remote planets in search of tasty ingredients to make the galaxies most delicious soups and then rocket them into the gullets of our hungry customers. But this isn't your typical soup kitchen - Astroworkers must battle against the planet's elements, alien plants and animals, and dastardly rival soup corporations! Build your base of operations with the help of your fellow Astroworkers and handy Soup Co. robots, make the galaxies most mouth-watering soups, then defend yourself from local wildlife and our rivals.

#nomnomGALAXY is a sandbox-styled mix of platforming, base building, tower defense, and good old fashioned monster-stomping! You'll create huge factory-bases where you'll experiment with tons of ingredients, make hundreds of types of soups to feed the galaxy, and rise in the ranks of the Soup Co.! Each planet will have its own challenges, from poisons gas to killer tomatoes. Only the most adept of Soup Meisters will succeed!

Key Features

Hundreds of different types of soups to discover

Extensive soup recipe system that uses ingredients all of the planet's plants and animals

Tower Defense gameplay from the makers of one of the most acclaimed Tower Defense games on any platform, PixelJunk Monsters

I first played this game in split screen mode in my brothers. Got addicted very quickly. I've bought the game recently for myself... I think they need to add a one vs one multiplayer online... or atleast make the co-op online... even if it is just for two.

Pros:You can deliver soup via Rocket

Cons:Unfinished (obviously)Needs to be Online (although split screen is great)

Nom Nom Galaxy is a fun game where you have to build a way to succsesfully make soup whilst fighting monsters and competing against other soup companies.

Though the game is fun I couldn't find myself sticking with the game. I feel like this is a case of Early Acsess that just isn't at a point where the game is fun enough to sustain someone.

I am glad I have the Early Acsess now, so I will be able to play this game in its finished state. (Thanks to Q Games and Valve for the amazing Holiday Auction where I got this game for about 5 dollars worth of gems :D)

This game isn't quite what I expected. I love the polish, the style, and theme. The mechanics are solid and fun.

I saw it compared to things like Terraria and Starbound, and while that isn't incorrect, it's not quite right either. This isn't a sandbox game. At the time of this review, there are "levels" and a finite play time.

The game is broken down into days with the goal to get 100% of the market from your competitor (which as far as I can tell, is just a virtual system selling soup rather than a physical entity playing in your map). For instance, there is no enemy building a base and harvesting resources.

When the day is over, you are transported back to your base to start again, some of the monster spawns and resources will have changed. I couldn't tell if it was randomly generated or based on some kind of ecology.

After completing the mission the game does allow you to go back to your mission and "continue to play" however, you can only play one day at a time because once the day is over, it quits you out because you already have 100% of the market share.

I'm not sure where they plan on going with this, if it's a linear experience or if they do plan to add more sandbox elements in it like the other games in the genre.

From what I played I enjoyed every bit of it, but am a little let down on the fact it isn't an open ended, indefinite game type. Maybe that's my own failings for not doing enough research, but I would love to see the polish, art, and mechanics of Nom Nom Galaxy to have a sandbox mode.

At this time, it's realyl well done, but there isn't enough content to warrant the sticker price, so for that reason I cannot recommend the game. Hopefuly when more mechanics are added, levels, or what have you, I can reverse my position.

I was reluctant to get this game for awhile because I was afraid it was just another Terarriaesque game but I'm really pleased to discover that isn't the case. It incorporates several different mechanics into a very different and more directed experience. The game is focused around your base, a soup factory. You expand it by building modules; soup making machines, rockets to send the soup off to other planets and get paid, and turrets to defend the operation. In addition to the structural aspect you can also set up a network of robot laborers and conveyor belts to aid in distributing ingredients and soups throughout your factory, I haven't gotten to far into this aspect yet but it is something I'm looking forward to figuring out. You go out into the world and bring back ingredients, combining two of them into a soup. You can farm plants in oxygenated areas of the planet, however most of the planet is devoid of oxygen and you will slowly suffocate there. Playtime is divided into days, at the end of each day your profits for the day are displayed to you, you are given the opportunity to unlock certain upgrades, and then a new day begins starting you back at your base.

At this stage in early access I don't think there is a ton of content.

Also the game is lacking online multiplayer.

However it does have splitscreen 2 player co-op, which is a major plus.

Overall I would say this is a game to watch, and well worth picking up at the discounted price. The base building, day breakdown, and soup selling have the game feeling fresh and it shouldn't be mistaken as just another terraria type game. While it isn't perfect in it's execution of all these different mechanics it has a lot to build on and is quite fun as it is.

Your typical "Terraria" game with a twist. It's quite a bit more arcady then other games in those genres, with a constant threat of losing the market of soup, you must go out, find ingredients, make soup and ship it off, eventually just doing it by manpower alone becomes too slow, so purchasing aids is in order until the entire game turns into a soup making factory. You could think of it as having a slight Tekkit feel to it, maybe even as far as a... simple Tekkit Terraria.

The graphics have a nice textured feel to them, it's certainly one of the better looking games in its genre, with colorful characters and plenty to gawk at.

The controls feel nice, although the character can feel a tad slow at times, the tank is even slower but well... it's a tank. I found that not all was explained to me too clearly however, but it doesn't take long to figure out yourself.

Gameplay's addictive, typical Pixeljunk stuff, I find all their games are really fun, this is no exception.

I bought this in Early Access and as of now there's little content, no saves, bugged keyboard and mouse support and a few bugs, but I'd say this has a lot of potential and I'm looking forward to more.

Edit: Keyboard and mouse support has been added, saves are in, more content has been added and it's slowly realizing its potential, I could cry manly tears I'm that proud.

Nom Nom Galaxy is a strange hybrid of defence tower and resource management, been following this game for awhile ever since it was revealed in March last year and finally had a chance to play it when it released on Steam Early Access.

After a 4 hour session with the game, I feel like i can give a suitable verdict based on what I played.

A few reviews have drawn similiarities between this game and Terraria and they wouldn't be that far off.

The 2D geometry, the pixel aesthetics and controls all feel quite similiar to the aforementioned game, where it differs though is it's execution which I'll get to in abit.

Since this game is of course still in Alpha, there is a lot of missing features still not in place but what is there is enough to play through for a couple of hours and then some so its not unplayable.

The aesthetics are pleasing and simple, you can clearly see where your character is and where all the items in the world are so you'll hardly get lost trying to look for a item.

The controls (i recommend on controller) are decent with some support for mouse and keyboard which is not quite there yet, rotating blocks was one feature I had trouble with, prompting me to switch to controller and the difference was significant.

The sound quality is acceptable, there isn't much in the way of background music but you will notice the punchy and effective sound bites that add to the overall atmosphere, e.g., the sound of you smacking invaders and the gulp of your customers slurping down your soup.

Don't let the Alpha label deterring you from supporting this game, there is already quite a variety of items you can craft and plenty of combinations of soup you can make to turn that all important profit.

When buying the tank, the controls felt very stiff and trying to scale any wall of more than 6 blocks were nigh impossible making this purchase a wasted oppurtunity since its concept is generally fantastic

*Spoiler end*

Oxygen should be extended when outside base, its okay at the moment but if you want to do any real exploring you'll best hope for those precious pockets of air.

The robot AI is not very good, Charlie and Charles are great for picking up items and automating some of tediousness of the soup making process but they prioritise storing your ingredients over making that precious soup if they are given the choice.

And probably most vexing of all is the limited corridors you can place. *READ* 4 Way Corridor.

-Smarter AI for poor Charlie and Charles or allowing us the option to choose their list of priorities e.g.,take ingredients to closest relevant soup dispenser > take finished soup to avilable rocket > store ingredient in hand,from highest priority to lowest.

-Oxygen mask, you can send mini rockets packing delicious soup through space but a means of external oxygen storage is non-existent?

-That vacuum tank is awesome but it's way too hampered by its cumbersome controls and limited jet capability

-A clock icon would be useful to track the progress of day

-Extending 2 ingredients soups to 3 maybe?

-After a day is over and you start off a new day, the player character keeps the same level of health from the previous day. Can a feature be implemented when it's full on the next day? Would remove some of the hassle from wasting potential ingredients on a start of a new day just to get their health back to full.

-Implementing a way for Charlie and Charles to use those floating elevators? They seem to be stuck to the platform they travel back and forth on

-On that note, perhaps a system that allows the the player to take the current ingredient out of their hands or swapping it with another ingredient, e.g., if they're running back and forth with a ingredient that can't be used for a soup dispenser yet because that soup dispenser is waiitng for another ingredient.

Bugs

-I'm not sure if it's a bug but sometimes after planting mushrooms or other plants of any sort, they dissappear after a few days, is this meant to happen? If not, then this needs looking at.

-One instance when I was invaded, after a enemy died and a rocket turrent just fired a missle after it died, the missle image stayed uprght as it homed to the where the enemy disappeared.

I will admit I have only spent a small amount of time on this game but already feel that this has an AMAZING amount of promise. Though it isn't very big Nom Nom Galaxy offers intuitive gameplay, a simple but enthralling story and PVP unlike any I've ever seen.

In this game your goal is simple. Collect Ingredients, Make Soup, Send It Home, ??????????, Profit, Simple. But there in lies the intricacy, the game offers the player a chance to build soup EMPIRES by competeing in PVP on every world. Players best time gaining control of the soup market (measured in days) is saved to a leaderboard on each of the Planets. Players pick the Company they want to compete with and a "Ghost" mechanism, much like in racing games, battles you for control of the soup market.

That seems a bit dumb? Thats what your telling yourself, I thought so myself when I read about the game to, but its not. This isn't like "Cook, Serve, Delicious" There is more to the gameplay then that. In order to become a Soup GOD, you first need to establish a base. This is accomplished by building an office, a soup making plant, and a soup rocket (sends soup home, is not powered by soup... I think). This base can be incresed in size using hallways and more soup infrastructure, it can be made more efficient via conveyor belts and robotic workers, AND it can be defended by Turrets.

Why do I need to defend my soup base? Because with all trade markets there are crooks who want to bring down their opponents. So your rival in the game, a soup company ALL players are competeing against, will send waves of enemies in an attempt to destroy your office, Without the office, your base cannot produce soup, so protect it at all costs. This can be done with the turrets mentioned above as well as with weapons and tech unlocked in a semi-RPG item tree shown at the end of each work day.

FINALLY: Just as there is gameplay for builders, fighters, and managers, there is also gameplay for miners. One of the elements is digging DEEP into the planets your based on to collect delicious ingredients and Matter to increase the size of your base. Players will need to be warry though, for the only source of air below the surface is pockets of air, so when digging deep mind your distance to a pocket of air, or die a horrible death.

In closing: I think this game will be amazing when it hits full release. Though there are a few issues like not a lot of creatures and a limited amount of planets, there is no doubt in my mind that if this game is a success, we could easily see a Nom Nom Universe.

This game is fantastic for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the style is just amazing. The art is beautiful, the concept is hilarious, and everything about this game feels like it has a unique yet unified style. The gameplay, while resembling Terraria and Starbound, has a much faster pace to it with the day/night cycle and the daily scoreboard pushing you to want to do better with each passing day.

One great thing about this game is that it constantly had me smiling and laughing whenever I would come across a new enemy, a new type of soup or any other entity that came out of nowhere. It is a breath of fresh air of a game, and I would recommend it to anyone who might be on the fence.

A friend and I did a let's play of the co-op mode. If you are interested, we would love it if you checked our videos out!

I have been following this game for a long stretch now, and now that I have had a chance to sesh it, I wanna say that this is a brilliant game. It has an amazing aesthetic and art style warm vibrant colors really immerse you whilst hunting ingredients to make soup. Simple yet excellent game, highly recommend.

This is pretty fun, but very alpha-stage (you have been warned). I can see the direction it is going in though.

2D world - you start with a barebones base. You deform/mine the area around you for INGREDIENTS and RESOURCE as well as to make space for expanding your base. Mix INGREDIENTS to discover RECIPES of differing value. Make a SOUP which must be loaded onto a rocket and launched, which generates MONEY.

Meanwhile, a RIVAL corporation is doing the same thing, hostile CREATURES - which can also become INGREDIENTS - are popping around, and you need to shuffle ingredients back to base.

You can PLANT the things you find to FARM close to base. You also can research BLDGS (like conveyor belts), ROBOTS (which can move stuff around for you), BUFFS, and WEAPONS. You also have to worry about collapsing your base if you dig under it.

I think it has a lot of potential, and overcomes the "What I Do?" problem that sandbox games sometimes have... this has a very clear goal and cycle, without bogging you down with "COLLECT AND ORGANIZE ALLLLLLLL THE CRAFTING INGREDIENTS"

Tooled about in the game for a while, then tried digging down just to explore... there are some interesting game mechanics to be found, and already several creatures of varying size. Dirt falls, water flows, Tomato Plant pops out killer tomatoes at you, Giant Dino thing stomps you flat...

Once the tutorial and UI/controls become better explained (You have been warned) and fleshed out, it will be quite amazing.

Another great game from PixelJunk! Graphics are very sweet, as usual and game play is lovely. Split screen co-op is something I really like and wish more PC games had. Looking forward to this game getting fleshed out, keep up the good work!

Now that they've added save functionality, I can recommend this game! It has a really good mix of tower defense and semi-tekkit automation from minecraft, and there's a lot of potential in this game. However, some games can end rather abruptly if you achieve full marketshare, so make sure to take your time and explore!

OMG I freaking love this game. HUGE terraria fan...would have to say its my top three favorite, so this one really appeals to me even though it is completly shallow when compared to terraria. But its cute and it has potential, but mostly its just plain fun. Little one loves it and we both always end up singing "nom nom galaxy" until everyone around us is throwing themselves in front of burning school buses. But its cute and oddly satisfying...not a game for most, but its at least worth a youtube looksie just for giggles.

Fantastic game. I bought it for 9 bucks and I'd say it's worth it. I would think twice about buying it for $20 at this early alpha stage. It is very enjoyable though. Definately an investment.

I have some issues about the game. For example, you unlock items at the end of each day, then you have to buy those items with your money, and some of the items like Hoverboard and Pogostick only work when you aren't holding anything so then what's the point? You leave your base to collect stuff and you only come back to base when you hold something so then what's the point? Once you've explored the planets there isn't much else to see because it is NOT randomly generated like I assumed. The worlds are pre-built.

At the moment (pre Alpha 17.12.2014) nearly unplayable. Solo it'sok butin Coop it makes awesome fun. i realy hope it gets better and finished! we realy loved it to play. it maybe would be a realy great game when it's done!